Down Syndrome Down syndrome is a genetic condition that typically causes some level of learning disability and a characteristic range of physical features. Most babies born with Down’s syndrome are diagnosed with the condition after birth and are likely to have: reduced muscle tone leading to floppine eyes that slant upwards and outwards a below average weight and length at birth Although children with Down’s syndrome share some common physical characteristics‚ they do not all look the same
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Münchausen Syndrome and Münchausen Syndrome By Proxy Münchausen Syndrome There are many syndromes in people’s lives. All of the sydromes have been effecting people’s health negatively in people lives since the existence of human being. One of the most interesting syndrome is Munchausen Syndrome. It is related to unreal illness. In other words‚ Some people who has münchausen syndrome can cause an illness own their own. Therefore‚ they are actually clever and have medical information. Due to their
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Marfan Syndrome Have you ever wondered about the diseases that you can get from your parents? One of these major diseases that can change someone’s life is called the Marfan Syndrome. Marfan Syndrome is a disorder of connective tissue that is inherited from the parents. The bones and circulatory system are usually the parts of the body that are longer and the ones that are changed because of the disease. There are many things that can cause a disease. Marfan syndrome is caused by a mutation
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Down Syndrome What is Down Syndrome? Where does it come from? Is there a cure? About one in every 800 American babies is born with Down syndrome‚ and it is estimated that about 350‚000 people in the United States‚ and just under 6 million people worldwide live with this condition today. There is a false impression that pregnancy screening has eliminated or substantially reduced the incidence of Down syndrome in the population. Despite years of screening‚ the Down syndrome population in the
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Victoria Haskins Biology Honors Mr. Kelly March 6th‚ 2017 Edwards Syndrome Edwards syndrome‚ also known as Trisomy 18‚ is a condition caused by a mistake in meiotic cell division resulting in an extra chromosome 18 in a developing baby (Source 1). This condition disrupts normal development‚ potentially fatally‚ even before birth (Source 1). Major characteristics of the disorder include a delay in growth‚ a low birth weight‚ and other major medical complications (Source 1‚ Source 3). Professor of
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Korsakoff’s Syndrome Korsakoff’s syndrome is a disorder in which a lack of thiamine results in anterograde and retrograde amnesia — those with the disorder exhibit the loss of newly formed memories‚ and a degeneration in their ability to remember events from their past (Spiegel‚ Lim‚ 2011‚ p. 15). Found generally in alcoholics‚ the combination of their compromised metabolism and thiamine deficiency results in Wernicke’s Encephalopathy‚ which then progresses to Korsakoff’s syndrome (Thompson‚ Guerrini
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Savant Syndrome 1. How does Savant Syndrome help us understand the nature of intelligence? Savant Syndrome is an exceedingly rare phenomenon in which people with disabilities have remarkable abilities and talents. The uniqueness of this disease has enabled us to better understand the nature of intelligence and cognition. Savant syndrome helps us to better comprehend the specialization of the left and right hemispheres in our brain. Because savants are especially talented in areas such as numbers
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Cushing’s Syndrome Cushing’s Syndrome is a condition that results from chronic exposure to excessive amounts of glucocorticoids circulating in the blood stream for an extended period of time. The disease was first reported by Harvey Cushing over one hundred years ago‚ yet the condition still plagues endocrinologists today. Reasons for this difficulty include the vast amount of often vague symptoms that the syndrome presents‚ most of which are found in a plethora of other conditions as well‚ combined
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Kartagener’s syndrome is an autosomal recessive disorder affecting the cilia within the body. Autosomal recessive means that one or more of both the parents’ genes responsible for encoding the cilia’s structure are mutated. This essay will focus on the etiology‚ clinical manifestations and anatomic alterations while also exploring diagnostic and treatment modalities. Cilia are the tiny hair-like structures found in many organ systems including the respiratory and reproductive systems. It was diagnosed
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Bloom’s Syndrome is a rare genetic disease known for affecting someone’s physical and genetic traits‚ this disorder can cause problems for whoever is diagnosed with it. Bloom’s Syndrome is a disease characterized by how its identified‚ its frequency‚ how it was discovered‚ its symptoms‚ and its treatments. Bloom’s Syndrome is identified as an autosomal disorder. An autosomal disorder is when the defected gene is carried on a chromosome other than one of the sex chromosomes. Bloom’s Syndrome happens
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